The final meaningful performances of America's Got Talent season 12 are in the books, and the show was structured in such a way to remind us of the clear differential between the contenders and the rest of the bunch.

Welcome, welcome, ladies and gents! The long-awaited moment is finally here.The painstaking endeavor of whittling down thousands of America's Got Talent competitors into a questionably worthy Top 10 is complete, and a single performance is all that stands between the remaining acts and the coronation of the season 12 champion.